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Chapter3 Handling
GS1-128
• ‘()’ are used as delimiters for the application identifiers. (printed as the HRI character, but not encoded.)
• A start code (CODE A, CODE B, CODE C) and a stop code will be automatically added.
• A symbol character FNC1 is automatically added next to the start code.
• If you use “*”, it will be skipped.
• As an application identifier, specify a two-digits consecutive number. If the identifier is not specified cor-
rectly, an error will occur.
• A special character is expressed by a combination of { and the next character.
• If data immediately after { does not apply to any one of the followings, an error will occur.
GS1 DataBar Omnidirectional / GS1 DataBar Truncated / GS1 DataBar Limited
• The first “01”, an application identifier, is not encoded (not included as the barcode data).
• When the HRI character is printed, the application identifier 01 is printed as “(01)” before the package iden-
tification code.
• You do not need to add a check digit in the barcode data.
• When the HRI character is printed, a check digit will be automatically printed after the product code.
• For GS1 DataBar Limited, specify 0 or 1 for the first digit.
Control character ASCII HRI character
Control character (00h to 1Fh, and 7Fh) A space is printed.
FNC1 {1 A space is printed.
'{' {{ { is printed.
'(' {( ( is printed.
')' {) ) is printed.
'*' {* * is printed.
Beginning parenthesis for an application identifier ( ( is printed.
Closing parenthesis for an application identifier ) ) is printed.
Skipped character * Not printed